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Blue Anchor, Cornwall

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Blue Anchor, Cornwall

Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th century inn. The village marks one end of the Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest along which the Triassic cliffs have geological interest for the variety of fossils. The coloured alabaster found in the cliffs gave rise to the name of the colour "Watchet Blue".

District

West Somerset

Post town

MINEHEAD

Administrative County

Cornwall

Traditional County

Cornwall

OS Grid

SW9157

OS Settlement Classification

Other settlement (village, hamlet etc)

Region

South West

Country

England

Police Authority

Devon and Cornwall

Fire and Rescue Authority

Devon and Somerset

Fire and Rescue Authority

Devon and Somerset

Ambulance Authority

South Western

Dialling code

01984

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